Qualification for the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup began on 9 September and ended on 9 November 2022 with a total of 50 teams that competed for the 16 group stage places of the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.
Times were local.
Draw
The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2022 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
The entry round of the 50 teams entered into the draw was determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses).
Entry roundSecond round(14 teams)First round(36 teams)Teams RS Berkane Pyramids Club Sfaxien JS Saoura Al Nasr ZESCO United USM Alger Sagrada Esperança Club Africain Motema Pembe Diables Noirs Hearts of Oak Marumo Gallants Azam Buffles du Borgou Security Systems Douanes de Ouagadougou Bumamuru PWD Bamenda AS Santé d'Abéché Saint-Éloi Lupopo ASAS Télécom Future Inter de Litoral Academy Mbabane Highlanders Fasil Kenema Ashanti Golden Boys Milo Gagnoa LISCR Al Akhdar Elgeco Plus Real Bamako Nouakchott Kings ASFAR Ferroviário da Beira Douanes de Niamey Kwara United Remo Stars Kigali St Michel United Kallon Royal AM Al Hilal Wau Al Ahli Khartoum Hilal Alsahil Geita Gold ASC Kara Bul Kipanga
Format
In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied. If the scores were still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows.
+Schedule for the 2022–23 CAF Champions LeagueRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legFirst round9 August 20229–11 September 202216–18 September 2022Second round7–9 October 202214–16 October 2022Playoff round18 October 20222 November 20229 November 2022
Bracket The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 9 August 2022.
The 16 winners of the second round advanced to the playoff round, where they were joined by the 16 losers of the Champions League second round.
First round The first round, also called the first preliminary round, included the 36 teams that did not receive byes to the second round.
Kwara United won 3–0 on aggregate.
Gagnoa won 3–1 on aggregate.
ASC Kara won 4–2 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate. Real Bamako won 3–1 on penalties.
2–2 on aggregate. Hilal Alsahil won on away goals.
Fasil Kenema won 3–1 on aggregate.
Kigali won 1–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Kipanga won 4–3 on penalties.
Al Akhdar won 3–0 on aggregate.
Royal AM won 2–0 on aggregate.
Ferroviário da Beira won 3–1 on aggregate.
Elgeco Plus won 2–1 on aggregate.
ASFAR won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ashanti Golden Boys won 2–1 on aggregate.
Kallon won 4–0 on aggregate.
Future won 1–0 on aggregate.
Second round The second round, also called the second preliminary round, included 32 teams: the 14 teams that received byes to this round, and the 18 winners of the first round.
3–3 on aggregate. RS Berkane won on away goals.
Gagnoa won 1–0 on aggregate.
USM Alger won 4–1 on aggregate.
Real Bamako won 3–1 on aggregate.
Pyramids won 9–0 on aggregate.
Club Sfaxien won 1–0 on aggregate.
Al Nasr won 1–0 on aggregate.
Club Africain won 7–0 on aggregate.
Al Akhdar won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Royal AM won on away goals.
Saint-Éloi Lupopo won 2–0 on aggregate.
Motema Pembe won 2–1 on aggregate.
Diables Noirs won 4–2 on aggregate.
Marumo Gallants won 4–1 on aggregate.
ASFAR won 5–0 on aggregate.
Future won 6–0 on aggregate.
Playoff round The playoff round, also called the additional second preliminary round, includes 32 teams: the 16 winners of the Confederation Cup second round, and the 16 losers of the Champions League second round.
The draw for the playoff round was held on 18 October 2022, 11:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses): Pot A contained the 7 seeded losers of the Champions League first round. Pot B contained the 9 unseeded winners of the Confederation Cup first round. Pot C contained the 9 unseeded losers of the Champions League first round. Pot D contained the 7 seeded winners of the Confederation Cup first round. PotPot APot BPot CPot DQualified fromChampions LeagueConfederation CupChampions LeagueConfederation CupTeams TP Mazembe Al Ahli Tripoli 1º de Agosto ASEC Mimosas Djoliba Royal Leopards Rail Club du Kadiogo Diables Noirs Saint-Éloi Lupopo Future Gagnoa Al Akhdar Real Bamako ASFAR Marumo Gallants Royal AM Young Africans Flambeau du Centre ASN Nigelec Plateau United Rivers United La Passe Cape Town City ASKO Kara US Monastir RS Berkane Pyramids Club Sfaxien Al Nasr USM Alger Club Africain Motema Pembe
Saint-Éloi Lupopo won 2–0 on aggregate.
Real Bamako won 4–2 on aggregate.
TP Mazembe won 3–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Future won 3–2 on penalties.
ASEC Mimosas won 5–2 on aggregate.
ASFAR won 4–0 on aggregate.
Marumo Gallants won 3–1 on aggregate.
ASKO Kara won 2–1 on aggregate.
Young Africans won 1–0 on aggregate.
Motema Pembe won 4–1 on aggregate.
Rivers United won 6–1 on aggregate.
Union Monastirienne won 1–0 on aggregate.
USM Alger won 1–0 on aggregate.
Pyramids won 3–1 on aggregate.
Diables Noirs won 6–2 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate. Al Akhdar won on away goals.
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